When I operated from KP2 several years ago, I sat in a swivel chair with no back. At least 4 or 5 times I started to fall asleep, but as soon as I begain to fall backwards off the chair, this got me
I kept saying it last NS Season but no one seemed to believe me. That being, that 60 QSOs or more could be achieved in one weekly NCCC NS practice session. Congrats to N6RO & W9RE for making my predi
Hey folks, here's something to chew on, especially since the concern over getting "new blood" into Ham Radio (and CONTESTING!!!) has been the subject of discussion on varoius Reflectors...as well as
Regarding my prevous post with a few ideas on how to possibly attract new (young) blood, shame on me for neglecting to mention one strong potential "partner" in this matter Especially since both my p
Regarding my post to the NCCC Reflector, I'm curious what hand-out, promo materials other Contest Clubs have made available to members for "Recruitment" purposes??? Tnx & 73... Rick, K6VVA OK...so wh
Happy 4th of July, fellow Contesters...the "Mother of all Contests" may be coming soon to a Bandmap near you :-) 73... Rick, K6VVA [From an NCCC Post with permission from AE6Y to use his comments abo
Andy (P49Y) didn't mention that John, W6LD (P40L), is also an Attorney. So not only did the kids get to make QSOs, but their father got to talk with a Lawyer without getting billed :-) I consider it
RE: http://www.hagasoft.com/1024TeamPos.aspx Until we get to the point of having fully "Realtime" Contest Scoreboards, something like the above WRTC (URL) would be very cool. Further, with some optio
Hey Guys, TNX for the great info which I did not know about. Regarding my previous comment: Before 'yal finalize things, I do want to add another "2 cents" as my friend Jim Neiger would say about why
W1AW/4 & NU1AW/8 had the loudest signals from their areas on almost all bands out in California. Although I only operated sporadically for a few hours here and there, each time I turned around these
How about: "Hobbyists with an INTENSE focus on personal and group cometitiveness." :-) Isn't it great when everyone cuts loose? Yeah...bring it on...what a rush!!! 73... Rick, K6VVA _________________
That's one reason I have long believed that an ALL-Internet Contesting (no radios/antennas) venue would be a Super-Dooper "Level Playing Field". Instead of QRP/LP/HP categories, actual connection spe
Well, that's another part of the package I didn't mention whick works to every operator's best interest. The special "Verify-NATOR" module on the main Contest Server polls each entrant's computer, an
After checking the NAQP Preliminary Results (Congrats, guys!), I decided to look at the SPRINT RULES. Hmmm... == 7. Exchange: To have a valid exchange, you must send all of the following information:
Tnx...fellow NCCCer W0YK also just pointed this out to me. There may be others like myself who are a n a l about paragraph text and will gravitate more to specific "Examples". My suggestion would be
<snip> "Boldly going where no man has gone before"...that's what Jim did in the NS last night with 65 QSOs. Each time I heard or worked him, Jim was SMOKIN' ... ya had to have been there! Due to the
Sage advice. I think it was Dave, W6NL, who mentioned at an NCCC meeting, that the "Little Pistol Contest Ops/Stations" should keep plugging away with what they've got and work to improve their skill
I admire your generosity in frequently making your station available to others...that's truly the Sprit of Ham Radio, OM. 73... RIck, K6VVA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
Well, an option would be for all SO2R ops to use "callsign/SO2R", but that would be worse than those who use "callsign/QRP" and take up everyone's time in a contest ;-( I do NOT enter "/QRP" into any
Oooops...you're right...that wouldn't work!!! My apologies to the *real* "SO2R" :-) 73... RIck, K6VVA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com